Carleton University · ECON 4302

Competition and Regulatory Policy

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Public policies relating to competition and regulation. Topics may include: Ramsey pricing, peak-load pricing, cross-subsidization, access pricing (ECPR), multi-part pricing and price discrimination, predatory and targeted pricing, vertical restrictions, traditional regulation (including rate-of-return regulation), incentive regulation (including price caps), and the political economy of regulation.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): ECON 3020 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): ECON 3020 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
  • Lectures three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language

Public policies relating to competition and regulation. Topics may include: Ramsey pricing, peak-load pricing, cross-subsidization, access pricing (ECPR), multi-part pricing and price discrimination, predatory and targeted pricing, vertical restrictions, traditional regulation (including rate-of-return regulation), incentive regulation (including price caps), and the political economy of regulation.

  • Prerequisite(s): ECON 3020 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
  • Lectures three hours a week.

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